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by Shannon Maene - December 31, 2003
Paraphrasing of question from U. Chicago application:
Storytelling is an important part of every human society. Tell a story of your own.
(Submitted as supplemental essay to schools other than U. Chicago)
If one were to ask me to relate a story of what had most troubled me throughout my high school experience, I would likely tell of my trials and tribulations as an ambitious writer in the hands of my English teachers. I, like sculptor's clay, was molded into a new shape, coated with a thin veneer to hide the crude interior, then subjected to intense…
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